Hopper Academy

Hopper Academy

Hopper Academy

Buildings--Florida

African Americans--Florida

Georgetown (Sanford, Fla.)

Sanford (Fla.)

Segregation

Schools--Florida

The Hopper Academy was the first African-American school in the Georgetown district of Sanford. Established in 1886, the school was originally named Colored School No. 11. In 1906, Joseph Nathaniel Crooms became the first principal of the Hopper Academy and began construction of the current building at 1101 Pine Avenue. The building originally housed grades one through ten and also served as a community high school until the construction of the Crooms Academy in Goldsboro. In 1968, the Hopper Academy ceased to operate as a school.

Rock, Adam

Original color digital images by Adam Rock, July 30, 2011.

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Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Georgetown, Sanford, Florida

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1886-01-01/1968-12-31

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Originally created by Adam Rock.

Rock, Adam

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